The University of Arizona: Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building

Located on the 30-acre, city-owned Phoenix Biomedical Campus, the University of Arizona’s Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building (BSPB) fosters collaboration among research scientists, healthcare providers, and private companies. The $106.8 million BSPB was programmed, designed, and constructed by the same project team as the Health Sciences Education (HSEB) Building immediately to the south, and completed in just 27 months.

AEI’s approach to optimizing building performance includes active chilled beams throughout the facility – not only in open office areas and conference rooms, but in wet labs, made possible through control strategies based on space temperature and humidity sensors. Exhaust air passes through centralized, roof-mounted energy recovery run-around loops. Primary air to the chilled beams is provided by individual DOAS air handlers located on each floor, allowing maximum flexibility for reconfiguration and preserving open space essential to interactive, interdisciplinary research. Mechanical systems are housed at the windowless east and west ends of the building, avoiding occupant exposure to desert sun.

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BSPB is home to: The Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine; The Flow Cytometry Core Laboratory; Dr. William Cance Research Lab; The Ronald A. Matricaria Institute of Molecular Medicine; and, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Research Laboratory.

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